Interpreting scripture among Evangelical Protestants who read scripture at least once a week by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among Evangelical Protestants who read scripture at least once a week by interpretation of scripture

% of Evangelical Protestants who read scripture at least once a week who say the holy scripture is…

Religious denominationWord of God; should be taken literallyWord of God; not everything taken literallyWord of God; other/don't knowNot the word of GodOther/don't knowSample size
Assemblies of God76%19%2%1%2%359
Churches of Christ58%29%4%7%2%303
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.)72%19%3%3%3%509
Interdenominational (Evangelical Trad.)57%29%5%6%3%138
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod60%26%7%2%4%182
Nondenominational charismatic60%26%11%4%< 1%142
Nondenominational evangelical63%27%5%2%3%500
Seventh-day Adventist58%32%6%< 1%3%122
Southern Baptist Convention70%19%4%3%3%1,211
Sample sizes and margins of error vary from subgroup to subgroup, from year to year and from state to state. You can see the sample size for the estimates in this chart on rollover or in the last column of the table. And visit this table to see approximate margins of error for a group of a given size. Readers should always bear in mind the approximate margin of error for the group they are examining when making comparisons with other groups or assessing the significance of trends over time. For full question wording, see the survey questionnaire.

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